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Job 11

NLT 1
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied to Job:
NIV 1
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
NLT 2
“Shouldn’t someone answer this torrent of words? Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?
NIV 2
"Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?
NLT 3
Should I remain silent while you babble on? When you mock God, shouldn’t someone make you ashamed?
NIV 3
Will your idle talk reduce men to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
NLT 4
You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,’ and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.’
NIV 4
You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.'
NLT 5
If only God would speak; if only he would tell you what he thinks!
NIV 5
Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
NLT 6
If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is not a simple matter. Listen! God is doubtless punishing you far less than you deserve!
NIV 6
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
NLT 7
“Can you solve the mysteries of God? Can you discover everything about the Almighty?
NIV 7
"Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
NLT 8
Such knowledge is higher than the heavens— and who are you? It is deeper than the underworld — what do you know?
NIV 8
They are higher than the heavens--what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave--what can you know?
NLT 9
It is broader than the earth and wider than the sea.
NIV 9
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
NLT 10
If God comes and puts a person in prison or calls the court to order, who can stop him?
NIV 10
"If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
NLT 11
For he knows those who are false, and he takes note of all their sins.
NIV 11
Surely he recognizes deceitful men; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
NLT 12
An empty-headed person won’t become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.
NIV 12
But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.
NLT 13
“If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer!
NIV 13
"Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
NLT 14
Get rid of your sins, and leave all iniquity behind you.
NIV 14
if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
NLT 15
Then your face will brighten with innocence. You will be strong and free of fear.
NIV 15
then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear.
NLT 16
You will forget your misery; it will be like water flowing away.
NIV 16
You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
NLT 17
Your life will be brighter than the noonday. Even darkness will be as bright as morning.
NIV 17
Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
NLT 18
Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.
NIV 18
You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
NLT 19
You will lie down unafraid, and many will look to you for help.
NIV 19
You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.
NLT 20
But the wicked will be blinded. They will have no escape. Their only hope is death.”
NIV 20
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."

New International Version

Job 11

NIV 1
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
NIV 2
"Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?
NIV 3
Will your idle talk reduce men to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
NIV 4
You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.'
NIV 5
Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
NIV 6
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
NIV 7
"Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
NIV 8
They are higher than the heavens--what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave--what can you know?
NIV 9
Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
NIV 10
"If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
NIV 11
Surely he recognizes deceitful men; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
NIV 12
But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.
NIV 13
"Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
NIV 14
if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
NIV 15
then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear.
NIV 16
You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
NIV 17
Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
NIV 18
You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
NIV 19
You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.
NIV 20
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."